Lee Jeongseon, Gwangju Superintendent of Education Preliminary Candidate, Announces Teacher Workload Reduction Policy

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] Lee Jeong-seon, a preliminary candidate for Gwangju Superintendent of Education, announced related policies on the 21st, stating that "teachers should focus on their primary duties of teaching and life education."

In a press release on the same day, he proposed policies to reduce teachers' workload, including ▲a dedicated administrative teacher system for elementary schools, ▲the introduction of a maximum teaching hours limit for middle and high school teachers, and ▲the establishment of school work support centers.

Regarding the operation of the administrative support team, he said, "Although affiliated teachers take on more administrative tasks, they also have to conduct classes simultaneously, leading to excessive workload and causing avoidance of the administrative support team at schools," and added, "A dedicated administrative teacher should be assigned to handle only administrative duties for a certain period instead of teaching, creating a system that supports regular teachers' classes."

He continued, "For middle and high schools, we will introduce a maximum teaching hours limit to guarantee teachers' research time and improve the quality of teaching," and stated, "The maximum teaching hours limit can also serve as a reference for predicting substitute instructor demand when alternative personnel are needed in situations like COVID-19."

The preliminary candidate said, "The school work support centers, established by region, will be divided into the Life Rights Team, School Support Team, and School Facilities Team to provide focused support to schools."

He emphasized, "The Life Rights Team will support teacher rights protection, student autonomy, group activities (such as school trips and safety mutual aid associations), and student maladjustment tasks; the School Support Team will assist with hiring necessary school personnel (such as contract teachers and part-time instructors) and vehicle dispatch tasks; and the School Facilities Team will be responsible for health and environment (air quality management, water quality management, etc.), school landscaping, and CCTV management, leading efforts to reduce school workload."

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